APHC010369272021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3331] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 822/2021 Between: 1. M A SUHKOOR, S/O. MAHABOOB SUBHANI, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, / I/C. CHIEF ENGINEER, VIJAYAWADA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, VIJAYAWADA. R/O. FLAT NO. 5A, LOTUS LAND MARK, VIJAYAWADA. ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI TULLUR MANDAI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE ENGINEERINCHIEF, , PUBLIC HEALTH, A. P., VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): to declare the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the applicant for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer in his turn on the sole ground of pendency of disciplinary proceedings, relates to the year 2004 as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently declare that the applicant is entitled for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer according to his seniority and eligibility without reference to the disciplinary proceedings pending against him vide charge Memo., issued by the Government in G.O.Rt.No. 286, MA and UD., dated 27-4-2015 with all consequential benefits Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. POODATTU AMARENDER p. 2 SRS,J Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SERVICES IV The Court made the following: ::ORDER :: The petitioner originally filed O.A.No.1290 of 2017 on the file of learned Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, at Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) to declare the action of the respondents in not considering his case for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer due to pendency of disciplinary proceedings, relating to the year, 2004, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. After abolition of the Tribunal, O.A.1290 of 2017 was transmitted to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati and the same is numbered as W.P.(A.T.) No.822 of 2021. 3. Today when the matter is taken up, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that due to efflux of time, the cause in this writ petition does not survive and the writ petition has become infructuous. 4. Recording the above submission, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________ JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI Date: 23.01.2026 IKN p. 3 SRS,J THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION (A.T.) NO: 822 of 2021 Date: 23.01.2026 IKN